Silvia

Argentine, civil engineer by profession, ex-city planner by choice, amateur photographer and travel writer by chance; without speaking any English, I moved into Pattaya because of my husband's job in March 2003, along with our fifteen -years old son.
With great conviction, will power and a great group of friends, those hard times are part of the past. Slowly, I started to find my own space, to recognize and feel Pattaya as my own city, I started to have a ...home, so far from Home.

‘ Understanding a country’s origins is important. Sometimes, these origins come in the form of stories passed down from generation to generation…’ by Tien Ly ‘ With 4,000 thousand years of history under its belt, the literary treasure of Vietnam is very plentiful, including countless myths, legends, and folk tales. I grew up hearing these stories from my mothe ...[Read More]

‘…For now I wait, trusting the car and its driver as it hurtles fatally past others reckless cars, past the grand new houses of West lake visible from the road and the nurseries full of cumquat trees. Hanoi arrives to meet me. Its picturesqueness spread like a welcoming banquet, it offers the cheeks of its grand buildings, the outstretched arms of its people. The afternoon light ...[Read More]

History, as life, takes surprisingly, interesting twists. As soon as we moved into Thailand, we were anxious for knowing about our new home – country’s history and culture.Thus we learnt that Ayutthaya, the old royal capital, had being besieged and attacked in different occasions until they got it done. Siam’s great capital city was destroyed by the kingdom’s hi ...[Read More]

‘ By The old Moulmein Pagoda, looki’ lazy at the sea, There’s a Burma girl a – settin’, and I know she thinks o’ me; For the wind is in the palm – trees, and the temple – bells they seay: ‘Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!’ … Everything started with my husband’s suggestion: ‘ We could visit Burma ...[Read More]

An old, popular legend repeated hundreds, if not thousands, of times says that … ‘…Many years ago, when Vietnam was just starting to develop into a country, they had to fight against invaders. Seeing this, the Gods sent a family of dragons as protectors and so, to help the Vietnamese defending their country… This family of dragons began spitting out jewels an ...[Read More]

The tittle called my attention: ‘Bencharon Journey: from China to Siam’. It was an article dedicated to a rare Bencharon exhibition. Over 150 pieces of Bencharon and related objects in other materials made exclusively for Siam in the 18th and 19th centuries had been assembled from private collections, including items housed at Chakrabongse Palace, and galleries exclusively for thi ...[Read More]

All began in 1910. His Majesty King Chulalongkorn of Siam had passed away. His possessions were carefully kept in the Treasury of the Inner Court of the Grand Palace. More than a century later those trunks, which had remained unkown and unseen for over 100 years, were opened. A treasure was discovered: a whole collection of Javanese Batiks, all of them in excellent state of conservation. In ...[Read More]